Author: hardcoal

Michael Hewitt is the Program Manager for EPCAMR and has worked in several capacities for the organization since 2001. For more information please visit his biography page.

Salazar & Pizarchik Announce $485 Million in Grants to States and Tribes to Clean Up Abandoned Coal Mines

December 2011 – Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, and Office of Surface Mining (OSM) Reclamation and Enforcement Director, Joe Pizarchik, announced that nearly half a billion dollars in grants will be allotted to states and tribes working to eliminate health and safety hazards caused by past coal mining. This year’s…

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EPCAMR Welcomes Summer 2011 Watershed Education Intern

June 3, 2011 Justyna Sacharzewska is a 2010 Wilkes University graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Earth and Environmental Science. During her time at Wilkes, Justyna was part of the Ground Deformation Survey Team, which assessed relative ground displacement due to volcanic activity in Yellowstone National Park by use of…

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